A Network Flow Approach to Coalitional Games

In this paper we propose a novel approach to represent coalitional games, called a Coalition-Flow Network (CF-NET), that builds upon a generalization of the network flow literature. Specifically, this representation is based on our observation that the coalition formation process can be viewed as the problem of directing the flow through a network where every edge has certain capacity constraints.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2010
• Where: ECAI
• Authors: Talal Rahwan, Tomasz P. Michalak, Madalina Croitoru, Jacek Sroka, Nicholas R. Jennings
• Keywords: Artificial Intelligence, Coalition Formation Process, Coalition-Flow Network, Coalitional Games, ECAI 2010